When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in…

  • meyotch@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    Why did you make the stupid decision to take private loans?

    I’m sure you were fully informed about all options and walked through a thorough and honest cost/benefit analysis of each available path. Right?

    You went into it with open eyes and no one ever fast-talked you or misdirected or straight up lied. Right?

    Also, go fuck yourself.

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      1 year ago

      Some of us that was our only option. I’m sorry I wanted to go to college. I was also 17 and nobody in my family had ever done anything like college before. I was denied federal loans and didn’t know any better. I’m not the OP though and I’m happy for those who can get their loans forgiven. It is what it is for me though. I’ve been steadily paying the past 15 years.

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        1 year ago

        The ‘fuck you’ was directed at OP, not private loan victims in general. OP chose the path of bitterness. It would seem the crowd has determined that the anger OP expresses is maladaptive and misdirected.

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      Why did you make the stupid decision to take private loans?

      Dude, you wouldn’t believe what kids are told. My former assistant at a previous job was literally encouraged by his parents to take out personal loans instead of education loans because they were extremely fiscally uneducated and were trying to help their son get a loan without knowing the difference. And being a young teen, he didn’t know any better than to listen to his parents when they suggested where to get a loan and such.

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        1 year ago

        I admit it was a poorly written sarcastic question. I’m painfully aware of the deception and fast talking they inflict on kids. It makes me mad as hell when people think people took on student loans with full information.

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      Government predatory lone at almost 8% for many years. Refinanced when the government said they were starting up again at 2%. Damage already done. I want compensation too. Not just the people that can’t pay due to having children they shouldn’t have had.

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      1 year ago

      Spoken like a moron. Who the hell can predict what happens in life? Just because you didn’t have a situation where your repayment got fucked because of an untimely accident or illness or whatever else doesn’t mean people didn’t plan well.